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Pet Sounds Playlist #47 – Louie Louie

Pet Sounds Playlist #47 – Louie Louie

After a little sabbatical, here’s a really cool playlist that was inspired by an article about the most covered song of all time (thanks Laura Lee). I love this tune, it’s a staple when I DJ, and I know I’m not alone. I thought this could be shit, cause a cover is sometimes cool, sometimes amusing, but inevitably after a while it starts to grate and you just end up wanting to hear the original…or so I thought. I finally narrowed my list down to 21, and to be deadly serious, they’re pretty much all bangers. Everything from Punk to Rap, via Garage, Psych, Soul, Post-Punk, Easy Listening, Torch Singer, Reggae, Funk and on and on and on, it’s class, I genuinely got excited making this one, I challenge you to get bored. “Duh duh duh. duh duh is a mnemonic so powerful…”.

The original is by Richard Berry, the best known by The Kingsmen and my current favourites are an awesome sultry slow version by Julie London and a psychedelic masterclass by Friar Tuck. Otis always smashes it too.

I might have to have a crack at it myself now…

Grab the Pet Sounds playlist HERE and check the past playlists HERE.

‘Louie Louie’

by

01 Richard Berry & The Pharaohs
02 Flamin’ Groovies
03 The Sandpipers
04 The Beach Boys
05 The Kinks
06 The Challengers
07 Fat Boys
08 Julie London
09 Herb Gross & The Invictas
10 Friar Tuck
11 Motorhead
12 Toots & The Maytals
13 Mario Allison y Su Combo
14 Stanley Clarke & George Duke
15 The Feelies
16 The Sonics
17 The Nomads
18 Otis Redding
19 Ike & Tina Turner
20 Wilbert Harrison
21 The Kingsmen


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  1. Ben Mills

    22 August

    Rad. Just jumped straight on that to take me towards the end of the day. Toots version is a banger

  2. Charlie

    22 August

    It is ! I left so many out…there’s literally hundreds out there ! Omissions include both Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Smashing Pumpkins, Grateful Dead, the Clash, Black Flag, even Led Zep did a live version.

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